Big Monster Brewing

In my ongoing quest to dial in an Old Ale style beer, I brewed an altered version of my original recipe. One fermentable changed, but it’s a big change. To […] More

The 29th Annual Sunshine Challenge and come and gone and it was a very surprise weekend for me in many ways. I tell you all about it in this episode! […] More

It’s judging weekend for the Sunshine Challenge, and I have a bottle of each style I submitted to the competition. I’m tasting them at the same time as the judges […] More

I finally have the time to do a full 5 gallon brew day! I’m making a hazy session IPA for an upcoming podcast crossover game show event and I need […] More

Sometimes simpler is better in a beer. It’s also sometimes harder in brewing when theirs not complex or off the wall flavors for flaws to hide behind. That’s the challenge […] More

I’m not a fan of Belgian beers, that’s not a beer secret. But I am determined to dial in a couple of recipes to become a more well-rounded brewer. So […] More

Sometimes the best-laid plans don’t always lead the result you want. Making 10 beer styles before the Sunshine challenge has been fun so far and I’ve learned quite a bit […] More

How many things can go wrong in a single brew day? That answer is in this episode, and it all happens while I’m making a style that I know nothing […] More

This is a big beer, and I need to make sure there’s enough yeast to ferment everything. In Part 2 covering the Old Ale, I start off by checking on […] More

After finding 2 Old Ales on tap in 2 different breweries, I figured it must be some kind of sign This is my first, and I’m reasonably sure not my […] More

I have wanted to try my hand at an Altbier for a very long time. It’s one of those things that always seemed to get put on hold when something […] More

Going for another first time style this brew, the California Common. It’s a style I know well and would love to add to my rotation of beers on hand. I’m […] More

For the National Homebrew Day’s Big Brew 2019 I couldn’t make a big batch of beer, so I went the next literal step – I made a “big” beer. It’s […] More

Another new style and yeast trial combo episode. A German Pils fermented at an Ale temperature with the L05 Cablecar yeast strain from Imperial Yeast. This is, to take the […] More